Hiking Kentucky

National Park Service Celebrates 100 years in 2016 By Carrie “Mudfoot” Stambaugh Happy New Year! I wish you all a joyous year filled with love, happiness and adventure. My 2016 is shaping up to be another year full of outdoor exploration. Many of my own adventures this year are... Read More →

Hiking Kentucky in one of the the wettest years on record Carrie Mudfoot Stambaugh Eight months ago I landed my dream job: Updating a hiking guidebook. Yup, that’s right. I have been paid by the Globe Pequot Press to hike (and write, of course), in order to produce the third... Read More →

By Carrie “Mudfoot” Stambaugh The Ashland Beacon Kentucky is a beautiful state. That’s why I moved here, but there are times when the awesomeness of one of its natural wonders really captivates me and serves as a reminder about how lucky I am to live in a place that values these... Read More →

By Carrie “Mudfoot” Stambaugh I imagined the view from a top Pine Mountain long before I ever stepped foot on its namesake trail last month. I first read about this rocky ridgeline of the southern Cumberland Highlands in the pages of a John Fox Jr. novel, “The Little Shepard of... Read More →

By Carrie “Mudfoot” Stambaugh A winter devoid of deep snow is the worst kind of weather in my book. If it’s going to be cold, there might as well be snow to decorate the barren landscape and provide some recreation opportunities. Noticing a mild case of cabin fever had set into... Read More →

By Carrie “Mudfoot” Stambaugh STANTON, Ky. — I said good-bye to 2014 and rang in 2015 drinking champagne on my couch with my husband in Ashland. It was a quiet end to one busy year, and the start of another. New Year’s morning, I headed to the Red River Gorge to spend New Year’s... Read More →